blunting

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blunting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Blunt \Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Blunting.]
     1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to
        make blunt. --Shak.
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     2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of
        the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or
        susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
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